Klinckowstroemia atramaculata Rosario & Hunter, 1988

SchusterK, Jack, GygaxK, Daniel, Diaz, Dafna L. & Serrano-PerazaK, Francisco, 2023, Distributions, range extensions and host list update for four phoretic mite genera (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae) on Passalidae (Coleoptera), Acarologia 63 (2), pp. 596-604 : 598

Klinckowstroemia atramaculata Rosario & Hunter, 1988

This species was associated with 15 individuals of Heliscus eclipticus Truqui and 4 of Oileus sargi Kaup collected in rotting trunks of Pinus and Quercus . Until now it has been reported only from Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Klinckowstroemia atramaculata presents the mesogynal shield (MgS) anteriorly rounded ( Figure 4A ); sternal seta 2 is smooth and sternal seta 1 is barbed. ( Villegas-Guzmán et al., 2011).

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Figure 4 Antennurella ventral male: A – Suture separating abdomen from rest of the body; B – Hyaline hood surrounding whole body. (Photos by JCS).